Improvement in lid-fastenings for burial-caskets



ltnitml gtntet tuent @with WILLIAM HAMILTON, vOll ALLEGHENY' CITY, IEBUSYLVAIWIA.v

Letters Patent No. 107,253, dated September 13, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN LID-PASTENINGS. FOR BURIAL-ASKETS.

The Sche'dule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom, 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HAMILTQN, of the cit-y and county of Allegheny and State' of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Device for Securing the Lids on Burial Gaskets and Gofins and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description. thereof', refl @rence heilig had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists inthe method hereinafter described for securing the face-covering to the lid of a coiiiu or burial-casket.

lo enable others skilled inthe art 4to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and. operation.

In the accompanying drawing which forms part of my specification- Figure 1 is a top view or plan of a coffin with the lid removed, and represents a top view of that part of the fastening Secured to the body of the coffin.

Figure 2 represents the lid when inverted, showingl the arrangement of that part of the fastening secured to it.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the coliin, representing its lid secured in its place. Figure 4 iS a top view of the cap of the lid.

Y Figure 5 is a transverse section of the cofn when cutthrough at yof fig. 3.

The cap or face-piece c 1s secured on the lid by ward the thumb screw 1, and allow the pieces 'nto passy from under the heads of vthe screws m, or nail-heads,

thereby allowing the removal of the cap-piece e, and the securing of it on the lid VB, by simply turning the thumb-Screw l. l

Having thus described my improvement, What I claim as my invention is- The slotted pieces a and o, in combination with the screws'land m, for securing the cap c on the lid B, as herein described.

- WILLIAM HAMILTON.

Witnesses: Y

A. C. JOHNSTON, J AS, G. THOMPSON. 

